Company Number: SC000358
Date of Incorporation: 24 July 1871
Contact Details: Clydeport Building, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow G2 8DS
Operating Details: Active
Other names (if known): None
Function of Company*: Other service activities (9305)
Headquarters/Base of Operations Location: Glasgow
Area of Operation: Scotland
*Taken from Standard Industrial Classification 2003, as used by Companies House in 2010
Scope/type: Minutes 1857-1959; Financial Records 1857-1952; Roll book 1902-1945; Proceedings Book 1893-1896
Conditions governing Access: Usual GUAS terms and conditions. Permission must be gained from the Institute for any reproduction or publication of material.
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Company History
The Institution of Engineers & Shipbuilders in Scotland was founded in 1857 to promote the advancement of engineering science and practice. Its founders included James Napier, engineer; Walter Watson; and Andrew McOnie, engineer. From its early days the institution had a student section. Past presidents have included William Macquorn Rankine, engineer; Walter Montgomerie Neilson, locomotive builder, and Robert Stephenson, civil engineer. Early honorary members included the physicists Lord Kelvin, James Prescott Joule, R Clausius and the engineer Henry Besemer. Membership of the institution is open to all engineering disciplines. The Institution continues to exist in the present day
The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland
Company Number: SC000358
Date of Incorporation: 24 July 1871
Contact Details: Clydeport Building, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow G2 8DS
Operating Details: Active
Other names (if known): None
Function of Company*: Other service activities (9305)
Headquarters/Base of Operations Location: Glasgow
Area of Operation: Scotland
*Taken from Standard Industrial Classification 2003, as used by Companies House in 2010
Records
Held By: Glasgow University Archive Services GB0248
Scope/type: Minutes 1857-1959; Financial Records 1857-1952; Roll book 1902-1945; Proceedings Book 1893-1896
Conditions governing Access: Usual GUAS terms and conditions. Permission must be gained from the Institute for any reproduction or publication of material.
Related records:
Company History
The Institution of Engineers & Shipbuilders in Scotland was founded in 1857 to promote the advancement of engineering science and practice. Its founders included James Napier, engineer; Walter Watson; and Andrew McOnie, engineer. From its early days the institution had a student section. Past presidents have included William Macquorn Rankine, engineer; Walter Montgomerie Neilson, locomotive builder, and Robert Stephenson, civil engineer. Early honorary members included the physicists Lord Kelvin, James Prescott Joule, R Clausius and the engineer Henry Besemer. Membership of the institution is open to all engineering disciplines. The Institution continues to exist in the present day